Felipe Gonzalez

Felipe is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (ECCS) at QUT. A/Prof Gonzalez leads a research group on UAV based remote sensing at QUT, including two Postdoctoral Fellows, two research engineers and eight postgraduate students. He has led the development of four search and rescue UAV, four UAVs for air quality monitoring and target detection, one solar powered UAV integrated with air quality sensor and one UAV for wildlife monitoring. He has published over 100 papers, received over $9M in research funding. His broad research interest includes UAV design and control, systems integration, sensor integration, remote sensing of air quality and the environment. His main research areas include developing new methodologies to integrate remote sensing sensors onboard UAVs and creating aerial robots that possess a high level of cognition using efficient on-board computer algorithms. He completed his PhD in Aeronautical Engineering at the University of Sydney and hods a Private Pilot Licence (PPL).